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SARATOGA PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
7:00 P.M. - PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Civic Theater | 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga CA 95070
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Action Minutes from the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of August 14, 2019.
Recommended Action:
Approve Minutes of August 14, 2019 meeting.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS
Any member of the public will be allowed to address the Planning Commission for up to three
(3) minutes on matters not on this agenda. This law generally prohibits the Planning
Commission from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Planning Commission
may instruct staff accordingly regarding Oral Communications.
REPORT ON APPEAL RIGHTS
If you wish to appeal any decision on this Agenda, you may file an Appeal Application with the
City Clerk within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of the decision.
1. NEW BUSINESS
2. PUBLIC HEARING
Applicants and/or their representatives have a total of ten (10) minutes maximum for
opening statements. All interested persons may appear and be heard during this meeting
regarding the items on this agenda. If items on this agenda are challenged in court,
members of the public may be limited to raising only issues raised at the Public Hearing or
in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to the close of
the Public Hearing. Members of the public may comment on any item for up to three (3)
minutes. Applicants and/or their representatives have a total of five (5) minutes maximum
for closing statements.
2.1. Application SUB19-0001, VAR19-0001, and ENV19-0002; 13939 Quito Road
(397-43-017); Howell Development & Investments, Incorporated. This item was
continued from the August 14, 2019 Planning Commission meeting. The applicant
requests Tentative Parcel Map approval to subdivide an approximately 25,698 square foot
parcel located at 13939 Quito Road into two lots. Parcel One would be 13,193 square feet
and have frontage on Loquat Court and Parcel Two would be 12,505 square feet and have
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frontage on Quito Road. The project includes a request for a Variance because the proposed
43-foot length of site frontage of Parcel One along Loquat Court would be less than the
minimum required site frontage length of 60 feet. The project would also include the
relocation and rehabilitation of an existing single-family home constructed in 1890 known as
the Harry Brandenburg house from its current location to the eastern portion of the site
adjacent to Quito Road. The house is classified as a Heritage Resource on the City of Saratoga
Heritage Resource Inventory. No other development is proposed at this time. Staff Contact:
Christopher Riordan (408) 868-1235 or criordan@saratoga.ca.us.
Recommended Action:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 19-019 adopting the Negative Declaration ENV19-0002, included as
Attachment 1; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 19-020 approving Tentative Map SUB19-000 and Variance VAR19-
0001 subject to conditions included in Attachment 2.
2.2 Application PDR17-0017, ARB17-0051, ADU19-0024; 20455 Montalvo Heights
Drive (517-18-067); Lands of Yu / South Coast Architects – The applicant requests Design
Review approval to construct a new 5,611 square foot two-story new residence with a 3,660
square foot basement, and a 902 square foot detached accessory dwelling unit. Three (3)
protected trees are requested for removal. The site is zoned R-1-40,000 with a General Plan
Designation of Residential Very Low Density. Staff Contact: Nicole Johnson (408) 868-1209
or njohnson@saratoga.ca.us.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 19-026 approving the proposed residence with a basement and detached
ADU subject to conditions of approval included in Attachment 1.
2.3. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Regulations Update ZOA19-0003
Staff Contact: Christopher Riordan (408) 868-1235 or criordan@saratoga.ca.us.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 19-025 recommending the City Council adopt an ordinance amending
Article 15-44 (Wireless Telecommunications Facilities) of the Saratoga City Code.
DIRECTOR ITEMS
COMMISSION ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF THE AGENDA
I, Frances Reed, Administrative Assistant for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for
the meeting of the Planning Commission was posted and available for public review on September 5, 2019
at the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 and on the City’s website at
www.saratoga.ca.us.
Signed this 5th day of September 2019 at Saratoga, California.
Frances Reed, Administrative Assistant
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35.104 ADA title II]
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